An interdisciplinary approach to the production and execution for a unique presentation of devised theatre.
Students produce media artifacts relative to their expressed interests 3D Modeling, 2D Motion Graphics, Theatrical Audio, Video and Digital Set and
Projection Design.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Reading of Chapter 14, 18, 19

Steve mainly introduced George Coates, The Builders
Association and Robert Lepage in chapter 14. All of them employed projections
to intensify the visual spectacle of their theatrical productions. Technology
as their powerful tool that helps them match and stitch various virtual and
real elements.

There was another concept called “webcam” in chapter 18, and
I thought that title “Webcams: The Subversion of Surveillance” was pretty
interesting. In a sense, creation of art does need material and inspiration
from our real life. Also, some environmental concepts of theater such as, Telematics
Theater, Bedroom Theater and Coffee Theater may sound original and special.
However, we should realize that we have already lived in a surveillance society,
and all of information could be controlled and changed purposely.

Combining with chapter 19, we could discuss the live expressive
form of online performance on Cyberspace. In modern days, the immediate
processing capacity of Internet established an infinite time and space for us,
and we users could profoundly enjoy and think the significance of the magic
Internet and then upload and store on Internet again as our feedback, continuously
and timelessly. Jeaan-Louis Barrasult theorized that all art as a confrontation
of one element against another and said that the theatre is the art of the
human being in space and if we employ “theater” this concept to Cyberspace, trying
to define our own attributes, design in a similar way of conjoining multiple theatrical
elements and diligently preform our emotions, I think we would produce more new
things to explore.